By Abby Raphael, TIWP Student Do not change who you are for other people. Be the best you and no one else. School will get harder and friends change, but stay true to yourself because the people who really matter are those who love you for who you are; not a social-media-modified version, not a […]
Thoughts & Prayers
By Kayli Harley, TIWP Student Think and pray all that you want, but your inaction amounts to nothing. Thoughts and prayers are worthless staring down the barrel of a gun. They are useless to the children who do not yet understand the politics of their lives yet face the repercussions for this country’s apathy anyway. […]
The God of War
By Stella Cox, TIWP Student Ares. My name seems to ring in my ear, as I hear the whisper of war. When you hear my name you don’t think of someone who is gentle or kind. When you hear my name you think of war. When I was young, my father used to tell me […]
Silence
By Laurel Reader-Taatjes, TIWP StudentThere’s a gentle beauty in silence. The emptiness after something stops. The tension before it begins. But this silence is different. Not exactly silent, not really. Sounds weave their way through it, like moonlight through a trees branches. This silence isn’t gentle, it isn’t oppressive or even anticipatory. This silence is […]
Forward, Forward
By Caroline Hesby, TIWP Student Change rides the wind like a wave.It washes over your sinking bodygrowing to a white cap thenretreating to a ripplebut always swirling around your soul. Do I hurt more to curl up safely in my youth or do I hurt more to shed my withered skin and leave all I’ve known behind?The […]
Vulnerability
By Zara Quiter, TIWP Student ~ To my dear friend ~ Vulnerability.Something hard, something that’s locked safe inside of yourself,something that you feel is your’s to keep,and no one else’s to be known. When you share your scar,(not the one on your arm,the one in your head),and when you are braveand your vulnerability is let out,they […]
What I Know To Be True
By Olivia Uzuncan, TIWP Student I hope for success. I hope for contentment. I hope for happiness in all realms of my life. I believe in equality. I believe in love. I believe in optimism. I believe in having a soulmate. I believe in trusting the process. I know I am strong. I know I […]
Letter from my Older Self
By Sarah Hawkins, TIWP Student A grade. Your outfit. A wrong answer. Your acne. None of it matters.Not to blow your bubble, but no one will care, no one will remember.You say the wrong thing, you make a mistake.So what?Who you are at this moment does not define who you will be for the rest of […]
Letter to My Younger Self
By Aly Kirke, TIWP Student Dear Aly Three Years Ago, Believe it or not, we’re graduating in less than a month. In the fall, we’ll be at film school. Last night, we had prom with our amazing friends and lived the many movies we’ve seen. I wish I could tell you this but even if […]
Time Travel
By Emma Hudak, TIWP Student I wish I lived in the 1800’s. Back when young women got to sit at home and knit without a care in the world. Riding horses in the French countryside with a sister and talking about tonight’s ball. Staying up all night, writing by candlelight. No homework. Picnics in the […]
The Intuitive Voice 